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Género, cuidados y medios de vida en tiempos de crisis

Gender, care and livlihoods

Invitadas de sindicatos liderados por mujeres, organizaciones de base y ONG que defienden los derechos de las mujeres trabajadoras informales, cuidadoras y comunidades afrodescendientes brindaron información sobre cómo resisten los riesgos y desastres cotidianos, y las estrategias que han implementado para producir un cambio social.

¿Cómo interrumpen las crisis y los desastres el trabajo reproductivo? ¿Y cómo se organizan y resisten las comunidades frente a esos eventos extremos para sostener sus medios de vida? 

Six women sit up straight on a panel behind official plaquards with their names and organisations. Central behind them is a banner featuring the boldly-coloured GRRIPP logo. The women look both pensive and determined: some gaze outward in thought, another looks out at the audience behind the lens, some are taking notes.

"Cuidar es el primer acto de productividad en cualquier sociedad. Necesitamos valorar este tipo de trabajo, sobre todo porque todos seremos cuidadores y todos seremos atendidos en algún momento de nuestras vidas".

Este panel interactivo reunió a 6 de nuestros proyectos encargados por GRRIPP de Brasil, Chile, República Dominicana, India y Zimbabue para discutir “Género, cuidados y medios de vida en tiempos de crisis”, presidido por la Dra. Louisa Acciari.

 

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(En la foto de arriba, de izquierda a derecha)

Crédito: GRRIPP Reino Unido

Seis mujeres se sientan erguidas en un panel detrás de placas oficiales con sus nombres y organizaciones. Detrás de ellas, una pancarta con el logotipo del GRRIPP en vivos colores. Las mujeres parecen a la vez pensativas y decididas: algunas miran al exterior pensativas, otras miran al público detrás del objetivo, algunas toman notas.

Los panelistas compartieron sus perspectivas sobre el cuidado y los medios de vida, el trabajo de sus proyectos y cómo sus comunidades manejaron (o no) el Covid-19. Se compartieron colectivamente tres mensajes clave:

  1. El cuidado es el primer acto de productividad en cualquier sociedad. Necesitamos valorar este tipo de trabajo, sobre todo porque todos seremos cuidadores y todos seremos atendidos en algún momento de nuestras vidas.

  2. Debemos partir del principio de que es necesario valorar los saberes indígenas y las prácticas territoriales en torno al cuidado.

  3. El desafío final consiste en visibilizar el trabajo de cuidados y comprender que es parte integral de la forma en que nosotros, como sociedad, interactuamos entre nosotros.

“es necesario valorar los saberes indígenas y las prácticas territoriales en torno al cuidado”

Crédito: GRRIPP Reino Unido

"El desafío final es visibilizar el trabajo de cuidados y comprender que es parte integral de la forma en que nosotros, como sociedad, interactuamos entre nosotros".

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El evento fue transmitido en vivo, grabado y tuvo traducción simultánea en vivo en inglés, portugués y español. A continuación puedes ver la grabación en inglés.

Cinco mujeres rodean una pancarta sonrientes y abrazadas. En la pancarta aparece el logotipo de "Cuidadanas Cuidando": un círculo rosa con texto verde y un icono que combina el símbolo de la discapacidad con el del sexo femenino. Debajo de la imagen de la pancarta se lee "Impulsando ciudades y comunidades cuidadoras".

(De izquierda a derecha):

Coordinadora global de GRRIPP Dra. Louisa Acciari, Gloria Sepúlveda del Proyecto GRRIPPCiudadanas cuidando, Susana Herrera Quezada, Embajadora de Chile en el Reino Unido, Verónica Contreras del Proyecto GRRIPPCiudadanas cuidando, Olga Segovia deProyecto GRRIPP SUR

Crédito: GRRIPP Reino Unido

Género, cuidados y medios de vida en tiempos de crisis

Marcas de tiempo:

0:00 - Discurso preliminar de la Dra. Louisa Acciari

4:06 - Presentaciones de los panelistas

10:30 - "¿Cómo entiendes y defines 'cuidado' y qué significa para ti y el grupo con el que trabajas?'

27:46 - 'Explica el trabajo que ha estado haciendo tu organización durante el COVID-19 y tus estrategias de resistencia y supervivencia'

1:12:06 - Preguntas

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Gloria Sepúlveda

Ciudadanas Ciudando

A sociologist by trade and the project coordinator of the project "Plan to explore the infrastructure of neighbourhood care" in Chile.​ She is a caregiver, care activist of the Ciudadanas Cuidando Collective, and works for several urban and territorial development organisations.​ 

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Olga Segovia

SUR

An architect, coordinator of the Women and Habitat Network of Latin America and the Caribbean (2013-2019); she is the author of several research and consulting projects on urban and local development, public spaces, care from a gender perspective. She has worked for multiple national Chilean organisations, as well as the European Union, and several UN organisations.

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Maria Silvanete Benedito de Sousa Lermen

Chã de Terra

 

A popular educator, advisor in community health, healer, advisor of ancestral portals, agroforest-maker, practitioner, and researcher of the experiences of peoples. She works to foster the revaluation and exchange of local knowledge produced by traditional communities. 

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Ruth Díaz

Fenamutra

President of FENAMUTRA (the National Federation of Working Women), she also founded unions for women in the healthcare and domestic sectors. Her work focuses on targeting gendered inequality, violations of working rights and injustice. With FENAMUTRA she runs seminars and courses providing training for home workers and has campaigned widely for worker's rights.  

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Charity Chenga

Echoes of Humanity

Charity is one of the founding members of Echoes of Humanity, linked to the Machitenda village through her mother’s family. She is actively involved in oral history about the area. She uses football tournaments to establish community engagement as well as trust. Most activities in the area are participatory resulting in having a background of both practitioner and researcher in community development. This has enhanced her education to PhD level.

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Paromita Sen

SEWA Bharat

Research manager at SEWA Bharat, she has spent the last decade conducting research on  gender and marginalisation across the Global South, with the goal of enabling access to voice and power for marginalised communities. She is currently working with informal women workers, and supporting their empowerment through evidence generation, collectivisim and upskilling, and advocating with them. 

About our panellists

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Coincidiendo con la ocasión del 5.º aniversario del Centro de Género y Desastres de la UCL, destacaremos a oradores internacionales de nuestros proyectos encargados por GRRIPP en América Latina, África y el sur de Asia.
 
Nuestros invitados abordarán los desafíos de un enfoque de género e interseccional para la gestión de desastres y ofrecerán formas de avanzar para "reconstruir mejor" en función de su conocimiento y experiencia. Nos ocuparemos en particular de temas relacionados con el diseño curricular, políticas interseccionales para mujeres, comunidades LGBTQI+ y personas con discapacidad, así como múltiples formas de violencia en contextos de desastres.  
Seminar 2

About our panellists

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Shamim Kabir

IEDS

Shamim has been working as Executive Director for Integrated Environment Development Society (IEDS), Durgapur, Netrokona, Bangladesh from 2006. He lives in Bangladesh with his 2 children and partner. He holds a master’s in History.

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Lavanya Shanbhogue

JTSDS

Lavanya is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Disasters and Development, Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies, focussed on Gender, Development, Climate Change, Sustainability & Disaster Studies. She has an M.B.A in Finance and corporate experience in risk management. Her PhD is in Gender & Water Rights.  

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Lillian Gladys

FIDA

Lillian is the CEO of FIDA-Uganda and is a very well-known woman advocate and rights defender in the country playing a significant role in improving the status of women by promoting their socio-economic rights and justice and advancing gender equality within Uganda.

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Graça Xavier

União de Moradia

Graça holds a bachelor’s in law. A specialist in Human Rights and Public Policy, she is the Coordinator of the National Union for Popular Housing and Red Mulher and Habitat in Latin America, providing guidance and recommendations for women victims of violence. She is also an Ashoka Fellow.

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Claudia Cardenas

GRID

Claudia is Chilean by birth and Costa Rican by adoption. Born in Chile, at age 9 she left with her family to Costa Rica in political exileClaudia since returned to live in Chile and from there continued working for more than 20 years on disaster risk reduction across Latin America and the Caribbean. 

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Muna Sharma

Tribhuvan University

Muna has over 29 years of professional nursing experience  with 15 years of experience in nursing research and academia. She has a postgraduate degree in Medical-Surgical Nursing and a Ph.D. in Nursing. Muna has authored over 20 peer-reviewed articles with a focus on disease, and social issues of human health. 

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Moabia Ferreira dos Anjos

Quilombo do Catucá

Moabia is a popular educator with a degree in History. She is a mother and dancer.  Her research looks at the body in performance and dance as a foundation of reflection and reinvention. Her project develops cultural, educational, and artistic actions, crossed by a mix of African, Afro-Brazilian, Afro-indigenous heritages and Sacred Jurema ancestral memories. 

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Muhammad Awfa Islam

University of Dhaka

Muhammad is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka. He has worked with numerous humanitarian and development organizations. His research interests are in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, community resilience, sustainable development, humanitarian response to crisis and disasters, environmental management, and policymaking.  

A panel of guests sits behind a desk in front of an audience. Behind them are banners for GRRIPP and UCL. To the right the image of the panelists is projected onto a large screen.

"Our differences are a resource, not a failure."

Un grupo de invitados se sienta detrás de una mesa frente al público. Detrás, pancartas del GRRIPP y UCL. A la derecha, la imagen de los panelistas se proyecta en una gran pantalla.

Credit: GRRIPP

Panel 1: focused on “resisting multiple forms of violence in times of crises”.

 

Speakers included: (pictured above, from right to left)

Lavanya Shanbhogue from Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies (pictured at the podium), Lillian Adriko from FIDA Uganda, UCL's Dr Virginie Le Masson (chair), Graças Xavier from União de Moradia, Shamim Kabr from Integrated Environment Development Society  with translation by Awfa Islam from the University of Dhaka.

"Crises are an opportunity to understand."

Five panellists sit behind a desk, reading notes and in cintemplation. Behind to their right is a projected image of the panellists. Behind a podium to the right a woman reads aloud, addressing the audience.

Credit: GRRIPP

This panel focussed on violence in heterogenous forms and situations, from worker exploitation to sexual violence, recognising that violence can be both overt and covert.

Panellists discussed carving the path to sustainable resilience through spreading and sharing knowledge, awareness, capacity-building, advocacy at all levels, and particularly through survivor-led advocacy. Since one form of covert violence can be epistemic violence, knowledge production must be in solidarity and collaboration with all parties involved. Women aren't homogenous and these differences are a resource to understand our plural and diverse realities.

Una sala de conferencias llena de gente mira hacia los ponentes. Un ponente habla en un podio. Se proyectan imágenes de los ponentes en dos grandes pantallas, una detrás a la izquierda y otra detrás a la derecha.

"There is power in collaboration."

Credit: GRRIPP

La foto está tomada desde el público de un seminario. Cuatro ponentes están sentados detrás de un escritorio, detrás de ordenadores portátiles. Detrás hay un ponente en un podio.

Credit: GRRIPP

Panel 2: focused on “Intersecting disasters: inclusive approaches to resilience”.

Bringing 'gender' into 'resilience', panellists discussed the necessity of understanding the causes that make risks into disasters to promote intersectional resilience.

 

This included a focus on gender, disability and location as all impacting vulnerability. Panellists also discussed the power of connection, collaboration, networks and ancestral religious practice as integral to resilience.

Speakers included: (pictured above right, from left to right)

UCL's Olivia Walmsley (chair), Moabia Ferreira dos Anjos from Quilombo do Catucá, Muna Sharma from Tribhuvan University, Claudia Cardenas from Corporación Gestión de Riesgos y Desastres, Chile (speaking at podium), and Awfa Islam from the University of Dhaka.

Key takeaways from the panels:

  1. Violence is both overt and covert

  2. Our differences are a resource

  3. Women are not homogenous

  4. There is power in collaboration

  5. Crisis = an opportunity to understand

  6. Importance of survivor-led advocacy

  7. Inter-disciplinary approaches are essential

Género, Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sostenible

Seminar 3

This third and final GRRIPP session brought together guests from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, to discuss achievements and challenges around “Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development”. 
 
Our guests came from a variety of working levels, from grassroots women’s empowerment to collaboration with municipalities and national level policy impact. These different organisations discussed the challenges of promoting gender and intersectional perspectives into climate adaptation plans and development programmes, and shared with us learnings from their indigenous and ancestral knowledge about nature, the environment and sustainability.  

About our panellists

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Valentina De Marco Capria

RAMCC

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Lorena Donaire

Agape Hidricos

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Concita Maia Manchineri

IMA

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Ramona Miranda

Duryog Nivaran

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Rabiul Haque

University of Dhaka

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Maria Matui

GCCTC

Siete personas sentadas detrás de un panel con micrófonos, sonriendo animadamente; detrás a la izquierda hay un cartel en negro con "UCL" y "GRRIPP", detrás a la derecha un cartel en rojo y blanco dice "IRDR CENTRE FOR GENDER AND DISASTER".

"We are the resistance."

- Jeannette Calvet

Credit: GRRIPP

"To defend in a sustainable way is a question of survival for the planet."

Los ponentes se sientan en sillas detrás de un panel, la figura central habla por un micrófono vestida con maquillaje y trajes tradicionales amazónicos. Los dos ponentes de la izquierda se sonríen. Detrás de ellos hay un cartel con el logotipo de GRRIPP.

Left to right: Olivia Walmsley, Louisa Acciari, Concita Maia, Ramona Miranda, Rabiul Haque. Credit: GRRIPP

What are the challenges in promoting a gender and intersectional perspective into climate adaptation plans and development programmes?

Pictured above left to right:

Jeannette CalvetAgape hidrícos (Chile) 

Rabiul Haque, Dhaka University (Bangladesh) 

Lorena Donaire, Agape hidrícos (Chile) 

Concita Maia, Instituto Mulheres da Amazônia (Brazil) 

Valentina Marco, Argentine Network of Municipalities facing Climate Change (Argentina) 

Maria Matui, Gender and climate change coalition (Tanzania) 

Ramona Miranda, Duryog Nivaran (Sri Lanka) 

Discussions focussed on the intersection between climate risks and vulnerabilities of the population, considering how access to services or resources, such as water, is a gender and intersectional issue. Participants spoke of the 'cascading and compounded effects' on rural or racialised women, people with disabilities and other minority groups.

 

Our guests addressed the need to promote inclusion of all stakeholders, whereby affected communities and underrepresented groups are present in the spaces where planning decisions, monitoring and evaluation are made at the national level. Transparency and involvement emerged as key themes for inclusive policy and research: addressing the 'information-gap'; involving citizens and youth; working with artists, using paintings, songs, poems in traditional styles; translating documents and using appropriate language.

Response and resilience was addressed at both grassroots level in community organising and indigenous knowledges, as well as national and institutional levels. 'Transformative action needs to happen in ordinary times, so that it can be implemented during disaster and emergency contexts.'

The GRRIPP project "helped me to see my privileges, and helped me to see what I can’t see because of my privileges."

La foto está tomada desde el fondo de un auditorio lleno, mostrando al público frente a un panel de oradores.

Credit: GRRIPP

Watch the seminar

The event was livestreamed, recorded and had simultaneous live translation in English, Portuguese and Spanish. Below you can watch the recording in English.

Time stamps:

0:00 - Preliminary address by Dr Louisa Acciari

4:49 - Panellist questions

1:17:56 - Audience Q&A

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